Notes:

PTSD researchers are a weird bunch always on the look out for a handy catastrophe. When disaster strikes they’re like rats joining a sinking ship.

When the Challenger space shuttle blew to pieces in front of a huge television audience Lenore Terr knew what to do - race out and interview a bunch of young children about it. She was also quick to grab a the unfortunate children who were kidnapped and buried alive in their school bus in the US city of Chowchilla.

Challenger by the way, like the assassination of JFK and like I suspect the death of Princes Di gives another feature of PTSD to us all. While most memories are eventually lost, I can remember exactly where I was when I saw this image the first time.

How do children react to trauma?